Stranger offers Billy his lung

TRANSPLANT hopeful Billy Burke’s battle to survive on an organ waiting list so touched one well-wisher he offered to be a donor for the young Kerryman.

Billy’s sister, Lisa, was startled but deeply moved by the offer which she said was genuine although completely out of the question on medical, practical and ethical grounds.

“A man rang from Kilkenny and said he would gladly give one of his lungs if it would suit Billy, and he was really serious. He was prepared to survive on one lung if it helped,” she said.